Heritage Cup (MLS)

Heritage Cup
Locale	Western United States
Teams	San Jose Earthquakes; Seattle Sounders FC;
First meeting	May 19, 1974 (SEA 3–1 SJ)
Latest meeting	Jul. 25, 2018 (SJ 0–1 SEA)
Next meeting	Oct. 28, 2018

The Heritage Cup is an annual cup rivalry between Major League Soccer (MLS) teams San Jose Earthquakes and Seattle Sounders FC. Both teams carried their names forward from their North American Soccer League (NASL) predecessors.

History

The Heritage Cup trophy was conceived and designed by San Jose Earthquakes fan Rob Stevenson and was commissioned by San Jose's Soccer Silicon Valley Community Foundation in collaboration with Seattle supporters.^[1] The competition began in 2009 when the expansion Seattle Sounders FC began play, becoming the second MLS team named after their NASL counterpart – the San Jose Earthquakes having been the first.^[2]

San Jose and Seattle did have a rivalry while playing in the NASL. However, it did not completely resurface during the 2009 season with fans of both teams viewing other clubs as bigger rivals.^[3] That season, the first MLS meeting of the teams was not considered for the competition due to the schedule consisting of two games in Seattle and only one in San Jose. Seattle won the initial meeting at home 2–0 and the second 2–1. The San Jose Earthquakes won the inaugural cup on goals scored after a 4–0 home victory on August 2, 2009.^[4]

Present and future MLS teams that carry on the name of their market's NASL predecessors are eligible to join the competition. However, when the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC became eligible to compete for the cup upon joining the league in 2011, both teams' supporters elected not to participate.^[2]^[5]^[6] They left open the possibility of joining if a couple of additional eligible teams join the MLS, thereby better differentiating the Heritage Cup from the Cascadia Cup.

The 2012 MLS Season brought an unbalanced schedule for the first time since 2009. The rules to the cup therefore reverted to counting only the last two matches between the teams, the way it will be counted in any season that has an unbalanced schedule.^[7]

Club namesakes

Major League Soccer	North American Soccer League
San Jose Earthquakes	San Jose Earthquakes
Seattle Sounders FC	Seattle Sounders

Results

Competitive matches only

NASL era

For statistical purposes, matches that went to shootouts are counted as draws.

Season	Date	Competition	Stadium	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Series
1974	May 19	NASL	Memorial Stadium	Seattle Sounders	3–1	San Jose Earthquakes	SEA 1–0–0
1974	June 30	NASL	Spartan Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	2–2	Seattle Sounders	SEA 1–0–1
1975	June 21	NASL	Memorial Stadium	Seattle Sounders	5–1	San Jose Earthquakes	SEA 2–0–1
	July 12		Spartan Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	2–2	Seattle Sounders	SEA 2–0–2
	August 9		Memorial Stadium	Seattle Sounders	1–2	San Jose Earthquakes	SEA 2–1–2
1976	June 4	NASL	Kingdome	Seattle Sounders	1–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Tied 2–2–2
1976	June 20	NASL	Spartan Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	SJ 3–2–2
1977	April 23	NASL	Spartan Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	2–0	Seattle Sounders	SJ 4–2–2
1977	May 21	NASL	Kingdome	Seattle Sounders	0–1	San Jose Earthquakes	SJ 5–2–2
1978	April 30	NASL	Spartan Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	Seattle Sounders	SJ 6–2–2
1978	May 13	NASL	Kingdome	Seattle Sounders	3–1	San Jose Earthquakes	SJ 6–3–2
1979	May 12	NASL	Kingdome	Seattle Sounders	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	SJ 6–4–2
1979	May 19	NASL	Spartan Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	0–1	Seattle Sounders	SJ 6–5–2
1980	April 19	NASL	Spartan Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	0–1	Seattle Sounders	Tied 6–6–2
1980	May 3	NASL	Kingdome	Seattle Sounders	4–0	San Jose Earthquakes	SEA 7–6–2
1981	June 20	NASL	Kingdome	Seattle Sounders	1–0	San Jose Earthquakes	SEA 8–6–2
1981	August 8	NASL	Spartan Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	3–0	Seattle Sounders	SEA 8–7–2
1982	April 11	NASL	Kingdome	Seattle Sounders	0–0	San Jose Earthquakes	SEA 8–7–3
	July 3		Kingdome	Seattle Sounders	5–4	San Jose Earthquakes	SEA 9–7–3
	August 7		Spartan Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	1–2	Seattle Sounders	SEA 10–7–3
1983	June 15	NASL	Kingdome	Seattle Sounders	1–1	Golden Bay Earthquakes	SEA 10–7–4
	July 6		Spartan Stadium	Golden Bay Earthquakes	2–2	Seattle Sounders	SEA 10–7–5
	July 13		Kingdome	Seattle Sounders	2–5	Golden Bay Earthquakes	SEA 10–8–5
	September 3		Spartan Stadium	Golden Bay Earthquakes	2–1	Seattle Sounders	SEA 10–9–5

WSA Era

Season	Date	Competition	Stadium	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Attendance	Series
1985	July 7	WACS	Memorial Stadium	F.C. Seattle	3–1	San Jose Earthquakes		SEA 1–0–0
1985	August 2	WACS	Spartan Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	F.C. Seattle		Tied 1–1–0
1986	June 27	WSA	Memorial Stadium	F.C. Seattle	1–0	San Jose Earthquakes		SEA 2–1–0
1986	August 15	WSA	Spartan Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	1–3	F.C. Seattle		SEA 3–1–0
1987	March 21	WSA	Spartan Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	3–1	Seattle Sounders		SEA 3–2–0
	May 17	WSA	Memorial Stadium	F.C. Seattle	3–0	San Jose Earthquakes		SEA 4–2–0
	June 7	WSA Playoffs	Memorial Stadium	F.C. Seattle	0–3	San Jose Earthquakes		SEA 4–3–0
1988	July 1	WSA	Memorial Stadium	Seattle Storm	3–0	San Jose Earthquakes		SEA 5–3–0
	July 17	WSA	Spartan Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	1–3	Seattle Sounders		SEA 6–3–0
	July 30	WSA Championship	Memorial Stadium	Seattle Storm	5–0	San Jose Earthquakes	5,600	SEA 7–3–0

1996–2008

Results from when the two teams played each other between 1996 and 2008.

Season	Date	Competition	Stadium	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Attendance	Series	Ref
2002	July 17	U.S. Open Cup	Interbay Stadium	Seattle Sounders	3–4	San Jose Earthquakes	1,275
2003	August 5	U.S. Open Cup	Husky Soccer Stadium	Seattle Sounders	1–0	San Jose Earthquakes	2,510

MLS era

Heritage Cup Match

Season	Date	Competition	Stadium	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Attendance	Series	Ref
2009	April 25	MLS	Qwest Field	Seattle Sounders	2–0	San Jose Earthquakes	28,838	SEA 1–0–0	^[8]
	June 13		Qwest Field	Seattle Sounders	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	28,999	SEA 2–0–0	^[9]
	August 2		Buck Shaw Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	4–0	Seattle Sounders	9,919	SEA 2–1–0	^[10]
2010	May 22	MLS	Qwest Field	Seattle Sounders	0–1	San Jose Earthquakes	35,953	Tied 2–2–0	^[11]
2010	July 31	MLS	Buck Shaw Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	0–1	Seattle Sounders	10,351	SEA 3–2–0	^[12]
2011	April 2	MLS	Buck Shaw Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	2–2	Seattle Sounders	10,276	SEA 3–2–1	^[13]
2011	October 15	MLS	CenturyLink Field	Seattle Sounders	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	64,140	SEA 4–2–1	^[14]
2012	March 31	MLS	CenturyLink Field	Seattle Sounders	0–1	San Jose Earthquakes	38,458	SEA 4–3–1
	June 26	U.S. Open Cup	Kezar Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	0–1	Seattle Sounders	7,219	SEA 5–3–1
	August 11	MLS	Buck Shaw Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	Seattle Sounders	10,744	SEA 5–4–1
	September 22	MLS	CenturyLink Field	Seattle Sounders	1–2	San Jose Earthquakes	38,948	Tied 5–5–1
2013	March 23	MLS	Buck Shaw Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	Seattle Sounders	10,525	SJ 6–5–1
	May 11		CenturyLink Field	Seattle Sounders	4–0	San Jose Earthquakes	38,880	Tied 6–6–1
	July 13		Buck Shaw Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	Seattle Sounders	10,525	SJ 7–6–1
2014	May 17	MLS	CenturyLink Field	Seattle Sounders	1–0	San Jose Earthquakes	49,746	Tied 7–7–1
	June 24	U.S. Open Cup	Starfire Sports	Seattle Sounders	1–1	San Jose Earthquakes	4,023	Tied 7–7–2
	August 2	MLS	Levi's Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	Seattle Sounders	48,765	SJ 8–7–2
	August 20	MLS	CenturyLink Field	Seattle Sounders	1–1	San Jose Earthquakes	38,509	SJ 8–7–3
2015	March 14	MLS	CenturyLinkField	Seattle Sounders	2–3	San Jose Earthquakes	39,175	SJ 9–7–3
	June 20		CenturyLink Field	Seattle Sounders	0–2	San Jose Earthquakes	39,971	SJ 10–7–3
	September 12		Avaya Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	1–1	Seattle Sounders	18,000	SJ 10–7–4
2016	May 7	MLS	CenturyLink Field	Seattle Sounders	2–0	San Jose Earthquakes	39,570	SJ 10–8–4
2016	September 10	MLS	Avaya Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	1–1	Seattle Sounders	18,000	SJ 10–8–5
2017	April 8	MLS	Avaya Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	1–1	Seattle Sounders	18,000	SJ 10–8–6
	June 28	U.S. Open Cup	Avaya Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	Seattle Sounders	13,442	SJ 11–8–6
	July 23	MLS	CenturyLink Field	Seattle Sounders	3–0	San Jose Earthquakes	43,528	SJ 11–9–6
2018	July 25	MLS	Avaya Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	0-1	Seattle Sounders	16,478	SJ 11–10–6
2018	October 28	MLS	CenturyLink Field	Seattle Sounders		San Jose Earthquakes

Cup winners by season

Year	Winner	SJ Points	SEA Points	Notes
2009	San Jose Earthquakes	3	3	San Jose Earthquakes win 5–2 on aggregate.
2010	Seattle Sounders FC	3	3	Seattle Sounders FC win based on MLS standings position after 1–1 tie on aggregate.
2011	Seattle Sounders FC	1	4	Seattle Sounders FC win on points.
2012	San Jose Earthquakes	6	0	San Jose Earthquakes win on points.
2013	Seattle Sounders FC	3	3	Seattle Sounders FC win 4–1 on aggregate.
2014	San Jose Earthquakes	4	1	San Jose Earthquakes win on points.
2015	San Jose Earthquakes	4	1	San Jose Earthquakes win on points.
2016	Seattle Sounders FC	1	4	Seattle Sounders FC win on points.
2017	Seattle Sounders FC	1	4	Seattle Sounders FC win on points.

Statistical leaders

Bold denotes player is still able to play in competition. Updated to game played on July 23, 2017

Top goalscorers

At least two goals included in table

Scorer	Club	G
Chris Wondolowski	San Jose Earthquakes	6
Fredy Montero	Seattle Sounders FC	4
Simon Dawkins	San Jose Earthquakes	3
Nicolas Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders FC	2
Obafemi Martins	Seattle Sounders FC	2
Lamar Neagle	Seattle Sounders FC	2
Cristian Roldan	Seattle Sounders FC	2

Top assists

At least two assists included in table

Assists	Club	A
Shea Salinas	San Jose Earthquakes	4
Mauro Rosales	Seattle Sounders FC	3
Cordell Cato	San Jose Earthquakes	2
Ryan Johnson	San Jose Earthquakes	2

Notes

^ ^{a b c d e f} These matches were the determined matches to be specifically for the Heritage Cup cup competition between 2009 and 2011.
^ ^{a b c d e f} These matches were the determined matches to be specifically for the Heritage Cup cup competition between 2012 and 2014.

References

↑ Hipps, Jay. "SSVCF unveils Heritage Cup trophy". Center Line Soccer. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
1 2 Romero, Jose (June 10, 2009). "Let the Heritage Cup competition begin|9". Soccer Silicon Valley. The Seattle Times Company. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
↑ Ruiz, Don (May 22, 2010). "Heritage Cup? Sounders simply want to beat Earthquakes". The News Tribune. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
↑ Gashk, Matt. "Seattle Falls To San Jose". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
↑ Dittfurth, Garrett. "On the Heritage Cup". Timbers Army Blogs. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
↑ http://forum.vancouversouthsiders.ca/index.php?p=/discussion/243/heritage-cup-our-position
↑ "Heritage Cup Rules". Retrieved August 12, 2012.
↑ "Sounders FC gets back on the winning track". soundersfc.com. Seattle Sounders FC. April 25, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
↑ "Sounders get back on the winning track". soundersfc.com. Seattle Sounders FC. June 13, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
↑ "Seattle falls to San Jose". soundersfc.com. Seattle Sounders FC. August 2, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
↑ "Wondo strikes early, Quakes defense does the rest". soundersfc.com. Seattle Sounders FC. May 22, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
↑ "Sounders FC Stays Hot With Win Over Earthquakes". soundersfc.com. Seattle Sounders FC. July 31, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
↑ Gaschk, Matt (April 2, 2011). "Sounders Draw In San Jose". soundersfc.com. Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
↑ "2011-10-15: Seattle Sounders vs. San Jose Earthquakes". MLSSoccer.com. Major League Soccer. October 15, 2011. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2018.

External links

MLS Heritage Cup official website

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[cnote_A] ^{a b c d e f} These matches were the determined matches to be specifically for the Heritage Cup cup competition between 2009 and 2011.

[cnote_B] ^{a b c d e f} These matches were the determined matches to be specifically for the Heritage Cup cup competition between 2012 and 2014.

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[The_Seattle_Times_Company_June_10,_2009-2] 1 2 Romero, Jose (June 10, 2009). "Let the Heritage Cup competition begin|9". Soccer Silicon Valley. The Seattle Times Company. Retrieved October 16, 2009.

[News_Tribune_2010-05-22-3] Ruiz, Don (May 22, 2010). "Heritage Cup? Sounders simply want to beat Earthquakes". The News Tribune. Retrieved June 8, 2010.

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